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Two shot at Denver's Civic Center 4/20 pot rally

The Denver Post

Posted:
04/20/2013 05:08:35 PM MDT

Updated:
04/20/2013 08:15:02 PM MDT

Denver Paramedics, Denver Police officers and good samaritans at the scene attend to a shooting victim at Civic Center Park in Denver Colorado, Saturday April 20th, 2013 after the 4/20 pot rally. (Joe Amon, The Denver Post)

Officers are looking for two men. They described the first suspect as a black man who is about 6 feet tall and weighs around 180 pounds. He was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, black pants and a Carolina blue baseball cap.

The second suspect was described as a black man wearing a black-and-white checkered shirt.

Denver police officers, who were at the 4/20 rally, ran toward the southeast corner of the park with their guns drawn.

Johnny Lee said he heard the shots during a concert at the rally. He was standing near the theater. He did not hear any shouting or arguments before he heard the shots.

"Everybody started to run," Lee said. "They were running over people."

Damontay Wimberly said he heard about seven shots.

"Pow-pow-pow-pow-pow, about seven times," he said.

Wimberly was in the middle of the park near the tents, and was one of thousands who sprinted in all directions.

Miguel Lopez, organizer of the rally, said about 5:20 p.m. that the event is done for the day. Events scheduled for Sunday at Civic Center have also been canceled.